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组成

zǔ chéng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 組成

组成 (zǔ chéng) means "to form". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 组成 means

1. to form
2. to make up
3. to constitute

The characters in 组成

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete

Example sentences

• 氧和氢组成了水。
  Yǎng hé qīng zǔchéng le shuǐ.
  Water is made up of oxygen and hydrogen.
• 美国组成五十州。
  America is made up of 50 states.
• 水是由氢和氧组成的。
  Shuǐ shì yóu qīng hé yǎng zǔchéng de.
  Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
• 社会是由个人组成的。
  The community is made up of individuals.
• 美国由五十个州组成。
  The United States comprises 50 states.
• 委员会由四个成员组成。
  The committee consists of four members.

Words starting with 组成

• 组成部分zǔ chéng bù fènpart; component; ingredient

Where 组成 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Adjustment & change (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zǔ chéng correctly.
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